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<h1 class="sectionedit1"><a name="installation_help" id="installation_help">Installation help</a></h1>
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This section provides some information useful to people who want to install gEDA onto their computers.
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See the <a href="geda-download.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-download.html">download page</a> for more general information.
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<h2 class="sectionedit6"><a name="mac_osx_distributions" id="mac_osx_distributions">Mac OSX distributions</a></h2>
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For Mac OSX distributions you may wish to download the <a href="http://www.geda.seul.org/download.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.geda.seul.org/download.html"  rel="nofollow">latest Fink binaries</a> prepared by Charles Lepple.
 See also <a href="geda-devmacosx.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-devmacosx.html">notes on using gEDA on Mac</a>.
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<h2 class="sectionedit7"><a name="windows" id="windows">Windows</a></h2>
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gEDA is a set of GNU/Linux or Unix-native programs. There is no supported Windows version. However, since most programs are based on the cross-platform GTK+ libraries, it is possible to build a Windows version. Therefore, if you want a Windows version, please feel free to grab the sources and try to build one yourself.
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Experimental releases of <a href="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/"  rel="nofollow"> gEDA for Microsoft Windows</a>™.  Still a work in progress.
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MinGW hooks are built into many of the gEDA applications.  Therefore, knowledgeable individuals have been able to build, install, and run many of the tools on Windows systems.  Also, the tools do run on Windows under the <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.cygwin.com/"  rel="nofollow">Cygwin</a> environment.  However, binary executables for most of the gEDA Suite are not currently distributed by the gEDA Project.  If you are a developer and wish to provide ongoing support for Windows, please contact the project via the geda-user e-mailing list.
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This worked to install geda on Windows XP on 3/9/2012:
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Get the snapshot file “build-20120307.zip” from <a href="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/"  rel="nofollow">http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/</a> into a new folder gEDA on the C:/ hard drive.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Extract the zipped files into the same folder (C:/gEDA).</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Run the geda-runtime.exe file to install runtime.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Run the pcb-20110918.exe file to install pcb.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Set environment variables under control panel → system → Advanced tab</div>
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<li class="level2"><div class="li"> Click on “Environment Variables” (at bottom)</div>
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<li class="level2"><div class="li"> Create the following User Variables (click on “New” to create):</div>
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<li class="level3"><div class="li"> Name: PATH	Value: \gEDA\bin</div>
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<li class="level3"><div class="li"> Name: GUILE_LOAD_PATH	Value: \gEDA\share\guile\1.8</div>
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<li class="level3"><div class="li"> Name: GEDADATA	Value: \gEDA\share\gEDA</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Copy the file “loaders.cache” from C:/Program Files/gEDA/bin and paste it into the existing folder C:/gEDA/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> The gschem program now should work properly.  To run it, go to folder C:/gEDA/bin/ and double-click on the file “gschem.exe”/</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> Create a subfolder C:/gEDA/Schematics, and save all of the files you create with gschem  within this folder (or in further subfolders).</div>
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